GREEK MYTHOLOGY + THE ODYSSEY

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Across
  1. 2. The number of years that Odyssey was away from home.
  2. 4. The author of The Odyssey, also the name of the father on The Simpsons (cartoon).
  3. 5. - a sentimental longing for the past, coming from the Greek word, nostos (homecoming).
  4. 7. - She turned Odysseus’s men into pigs.
  5. 8. The Odyssey is classified as this type of poem.
  6. 11. - He used artificial wings made of wax and feathers to fly, but ultimately flew too close to the sun and perished.
Down
  1. 1. Odysseus’s loyal and devout wife.
  2. 3. Odysseus is trying to get back to this place.
  3. 6. MYTHOLOGY + THE ODYSSEY
  4. 9. A type of one-eyed monster. Odysseus blinds one of them, named Polyphemus.
  5. 10. Odysseus fought in this war for 10 years.